With a 10-12 knot South Easter, 10 boats started a four race day. The morning proved light and fluky winds with MB & Bonnie excelling in these conditions.
Peter & Bailey sailed fast and confirmed it’s not a good idea to rush when rigging up – there was a bit of re-rigging happening on the water.
Tait & Kyle dragged an anchor around in the morning but were able to come out of Race 3 with broad shoulders, making good decisions and finishing first over the line in the Hobie 16s.
Scott and Chloe showed signs of hot boat speed upwind and Chloe was looking good on the wire.
Kerry, Brian, Di & Jordan decided the start line was too short so took the pin mark for a ride. 
Egbert changed his crew a few times throughout the day with Blake proving to be an excellent new crew member on the wrong type of boat.
Nick & Clair are showing the fleet they’re the ones to be watching out for, they sailed well and are improving every week.
Will and Patrick blitzed it in Race 4 – as the saying goes, you’re only as good as your last race!
A huge thank you to Angela & Jase for their beautiful salads & BBQ. – they’re welcome anytime.
Overall, a good day had by all.

Todays results and the final series results are on the results page. Well done to Tait and Kyle for taking out the Spring Pointscore!

14 boats on the water!

The day started overcast and with no wind. The south easterly filtering in at around 11. With  8 to 12 knots blowing, sailing got underway around 1pm. 3 races were sailed before a quick stop for a sausage then back out for 2 more before home time.  Every one had a great day on the water. Ella and Hannah did well to give me a hand on the start boat. Good job girls.

Regards Jake de Rooy

As good as it gets

With a 15-20 NE today, it proved, as always, to be very eventful.

The day of racing managed to start at midday after the minor setback of the pin-end mark not standing up. Will, Oscar and I managed to get three races in before lunch. 

The second race proved to be a bit of problem with Jeremy and Andrew snapping the mast of Jeremy’s new “old” sixteen just after the start, seconds before the accident Andrew said that he was taking no responsibility if anything happened.

After lunch, we went out for two more quick races though just after the first race some unfortunate soul tipped over and his mast filled with water so the whole fleet went to save him. Our chief lifesaver, Kyle, rescued him and took him back to dry land while Andrew and Darryl sailed the WindRush back to shore but not without the help of the amazing start boat crew who put the boat upright once more.

Thankyou to the Quinn’s for their excellent job on BBQ and Oscar who helped us out on Poly. I think Mr Commodore missed out on a fun weekend. 

Pat.

Another day in Paradise

12 x Hobie 16’s , a sole 18 and the return of Egbert and Jess on the Taipan had a great day out

With a strong NE seabreeze forecast the fleet got going in the building wind and we ran 3 races before breaking for lunch

Racing was fast and tight. Close encounters and photo finishers were order of the day.

The Wind got a tad serious during the lunch break and it was decided the watching the V8’s get beat up at Bathurst was a better idea than beating up ourselves  

Great to see new members at the club. We hope that you all enjoyed the experience and we will being seeing lots more of you

We wish Adam a speedy recovery from a nasty leg gash sustained whilst abandoning ship

What a day!

Families and friends on their chosen craft racing around the awesome Jervis Bay, with a moderate South to south east breeze that sometimes tricked even he most experienced local sailors. The fleet of 13 cats carved up the bay in 3 early races with frenzied activity at each of the starts. A compressed line made all competitors think about were best to position there attacks on each race. With some interesting attempts at dipping being trialed a bit of barging and bluffing practice as well can only mean one thing, its getting close to some serious cat racing on our wondrous bay. A quick look at the Hobie race calendar reveals that this coming weekend see's VSC hosting the Hobie state titles. 

So after a nice lunch break and a bit of friendly banter they all went back out for 2 more races. An interesting event took place at the start of race 4 two sound signals after the start, well from my position it was one of the funniest and scariest things I 've seen, disbelief , confusion and what do we do now all starring straight back at me the lone starter. GENERAL RECALL!!!  No way - not here not at Vinie! That hasn't happened in 30 years and Skewesy had nailed it, he thought the wild cat must travel faster then the speed of sound because he was gone, no turning back until a quick glance back reveled the unthinkable had happened. After I had gathered my thoughts we got the race under way with a great start and they all blasted away what a sight. Starting the last race of the day was as exciting as the rest of them  (I reckon Maca sets his alarm clock early as well) 

It was a great day's sailing plenty of positions changed during the day, some new crews out on the water, big smiles and lots of laughter. A big thanks to Maria who gave me a hand on the start boat in the early session.

Cheers Adam

Blown Away

Well, what a beautiful day Sunday 13th October. 

The best part was to welcome back James R. It was great to catch up with his life experiences of New Caledonia. Or just chat.

Three 16's got on the water about mid day, Mick and an unknown crew, Graham and Paul, and Scott and Simone. Graham & Paul made a spectacular return to the beach when the NorWester hit. The other two boats, returned with big smiles on their faces.

The main group of boats had made it to the beach only to be sat on to hold them down, before being de-rigged on the beach when the NW hit.

Then it was time to get the Waves rigged for some fun. Yes fast and furious - just ask our newest member Kayle, he didn't stop talking about the control or out of control ride he had. Wow!  The three boys were out to have a good time. Pat made an interesting stage left? Why Pat? Not long after Kayle was in and lucky Will had an out of controlled ditch but at-least he stayed with the Wave. All the way to the rescue part at the point. It was not until Scott and De were on their way out on the second Wave that they saw the second head of Kayle further out. Both Pat & Kayle enjoyed that sail.

There was a lot of questions asked about the Forster weekend. This is hear say Quinny did us proud. Pat with Upu said he came second infront of Mick, so a well done was my response but does Pat tell the truth?

Darryl and Sue enjoyed the weekend, Sue having the usual bruises to show off what a swing around the front of an hobie 18 will create. Darryl couldn't stop talking, if you go to one regatta it must be Forster! It has atmosphere as all the great old & young up and coming were there.

The rest of the motley group went over to Callalla Bay for an enjoyable weekend. That is Scott & Simone, Andrew & his crew. And others too many to remembered by this old sole. Sorry. I did hear that Tait and Kyle represented over there to, their dad Adam helped Scott out on that crowded beach front for space. The weekend was a success for the Callalla Bay Sailing Club.

So the rest of the afternoon was spent having a nice lunch prepared by three young girls. A few cold drinks and a slow completion of putting the boats back on their trailers. Sorry James, only a ride on the wave for your first return maybe next weekend, we all will be out there. 

It was also noted a one PS number plate was seen going along Elizabeth Drive with a new Hobie Wildcat. Bailey and Peter on Saturday joined a fleet of 16s on the water on Saturday arvo

- John & Clare, Peter & Nick, Mick & Pat and Andrew & Will. They were out there practicing for the World's by going on one tack for four minutes  in pairs then tacking to see which pair had the wind advantage? Peter said it was a surprise, the middle of the bay had the advantage, which had gone against his 18 experiences.  I think those 5 boat out there on Saturday had the best of the conditions. Envy is a virtu. They say.

For those that did hit the water on Sunday, it can be said they had a wild and wooly ride. It was noted those who didn't make it, were riding Ford or Holden home on the mountain.

See you next Sunday on JB.

Lady Hobie

Navy Day

Fun day was had on Jervis Bay. The club shared it with the 8-10 Navy ships from a variety of visiting Countries. We all looked up into the Sky to watch the Navy Helicopter perform off the Point. During the races two Water Police went through on their Seadoo  ski-doo ,what ever they are called? The club also had a guest visit from the Tri Owned plastic boat oh its called a Getaway, however they were very unsocial, they only wanted to see Navy Boys?

Well back to Racing, John gave us  5 races on the day, where we had an offset buoy for all races. The two in the morning, where John made a special comment of “Over the lines by a certain youth boat” then “2 boats being recalled”

It could be said the current was running against us at the top mark. This sent a couple of boats for gybes to get back up to the mark., that was frustrating.  It was interesting to see the brotherly Fortier’s find enough wind to tip in after the second race?????

Congratulations to Howard, it was noted your boat completed all races on the day.

Thanks to the Pascoe Family for a great Lunch break, where we had a nice visit from the Skews family.

The afternoon did itself proud, the wind built up to 15 knots for the last race. The most interesting thing noticed was the amount of times the poor new buoys got underneath hauls or sideswiped by a number of different boats in different races, they stood up to the task, which is good to see. 

            Thanks to Andrew & Mick ( I think Pat did the pulling of the sand bags) for the great job they did on the boat ramp, a lot less stress when bring boats down & up.

Thanks’ to Donna, John and Adam for the start boat duty.  Except for to top mark in the morning was set so that the current or swell was running with greater pace than the on coming wind, which made it interesting for the novices, a few words were offered up to the Gods.

I’d like to wish the boats that go to Forster or Callalla , all the best. Do us all proud and come back with the trophies.

Special Wishes to the Newly Weds. We all know who you are. Have a nice Honeymoon.



Lady Hobie (with a little help from Big John)